Vibeke Engelstad (née Smidt; 27 April 1919 – 8 July 2004) was a Norwegian physician and specialist in

psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental disorder, mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, Mood (psychology), mood, emotion, and behavior. ...

. Engelstad was born in

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

to bishop

Johannes Smidt Johannes Smidt (19 November 1887 – 15 May 1973) was a Norwegian theologian and priest in the Church of Norway. He served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Agder from 1951 until 1957. Personal life Smidt was born on 19 November 1887 in Herad mu ...

and Jofrid Grimstvedt. She was a sister of literary historian Kristian Smidt, and was married to journalist and writer

Carl Fredrik Engelstad Carl Johan Fredrik Engelstad (11 November 1915 – 1 October 1996) was a Norwegian writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director. Personal life Engelstad was born in Hadsel Municipality as the son of jurist Sigurd Engelsta ...

. Her books include ''Sett og hørt som lege i Afrika'' from 1965, ''Menneskeriket'' from 1973, and ''Mening og Mysterium. Streif i religionspsykologi'' from 1995.

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1919 births 2004 deaths People from Sandefjord Norwegian psychiatrists Norwegian women psychiatrists {{norway-academic-bio-stub